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assad still in power. i see our trade deficit with china larger than it's -- growing larger every year, as a matter of fact and i look around the world and i don't feel that you see north korea continuing to export their nuclear technology, russia said they won't follow it anymore. back away from a nuclear proliferation treaty that we had with them. i look around the world, i don't see our influence growing around the world. i see our influence receding in part because of the failure of the president to deal with our economic challenges at home, in part because of our withdrawal from our commitment to our military and the way i think it ought to be. if part because of the turmoil with israel. i mean the president received a letter from 38 democrat senators saying the tensions with israel are a real problem. they asked him, please, repair the tension. democrat senators, please repair -- on the party. >> governor, the problem is is that on a whole range of issues, whether it's the middle east, whether it's a
assad still in power. i see our trade deficit with china larger than it's -- growing larger every year, as a matter of fact and i look around the world and i don't feel that you see north korea continuing to export their nuclear technology, russia said they won't follow it anymore. back away from a nuclear proliferation treaty that we had with them. i look around the world, i don't see our influence growing around the world. i see our influence receding in part because of the failure of the...
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damascus, the first time a high-level military official has been killed in the uprising against president assad. the u.s. says it has hard new evidence of the syrian government's assault on civilians. these satellite photos showing artillery and mortars against the people in homs. >>> provocative new words from iran tonight. president ahmadinejad telling the iranians that iran will make a major nuclear announcement. unveiling, in his words, a big new nuclear achievement, as tens of thousand marked the 33rd anniversary of the islamic revolution. so i bring in abc's global affairs anchor christiane amanpour in our london bureau. we heard president ahmadinejad talk about the big new nuclear achievement, and on the other hand signal readiness to revive talks, which are we to believe? >> reporter: president ahmadinejad regularly talks about new nuclear achievements, designed this time for domestic consumption, on the anniversary of the revolution, a big national day. the important thing from their part is reiterating they're ready for talks. negotiations are in their interest, in europe's interest,
damascus, the first time a high-level military official has been killed in the uprising against president assad. the u.s. says it has hard new evidence of the syrian government's assault on civilians. these satellite photos showing artillery and mortars against the people in homs. >>> provocative new words from iran tonight. president ahmadinejad telling the iranians that iran will make a major nuclear announcement. unveiling, in his words, a big new nuclear achievement, as tens of...
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and in syria, i have no doubt that the assad regime will soon discover that the forces of change cannot be reversed. and human dignity cannot be denied. [ applause ] how this incredible transformation will end remains uncertain. but we have a huge stake in the outcome. and while it's ultimately up to the people of the region to decide their fate, we will advocate for those values that have served our own country so well. we will stand against violence and intimidation. we will stand for the rights and dignity of all human beings, men and women, christians, muslims, and jews. we will support policies that lead to strong and stable democracies and open markets because tyranny is no match for liberty. and we will safeguard america's own security against those who threaten our citizens, our friends and our interests. look at iran. through the power of our diplomacy, a world that was once divided about how to deal with iran's nuclear program now stands as one. the regime is more isolated than ever before. its leaders are faced with crippling sanctions. and as long as they shirk their respons
and in syria, i have no doubt that the assad regime will soon discover that the forces of change cannot be reversed. and human dignity cannot be denied. [ applause ] how this incredible transformation will end remains uncertain. but we have a huge stake in the outcome. and while it's ultimately up to the people of the region to decide their fate, we will advocate for those values that have served our own country so well. we will stand against violence and intimidation. we will stand for the...
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the refugees we have to help them syria is like a sister to jordan i'm king abdullah and president assad we're friends now our king is in a very difficult situation it goes on there has a direct impact on what happened here relations between a man in damascus are already strained a number of defected soldiers and senior officers are being sheltered in the kingdom the most high profile refugee was the prime minister riyad hitch up who fled to turkey through jordan earlier this month and then that the tribes who fearing massive amounts of weapons ammunition and sniper rifles to syria from jordan saudi arabia is promising economic assistance in exchange for months cooperation but it could backfire. if there is regime change in syria and the extremists come to power this will make problems for jordan where we have our own extremists although they're far more flexible. and so now jordan faces the backlash of a conflict which some in the country have helped to escalate meanwhile more than one hundred fifty thousand refugees remain stuck on its borders and what's supposed to be a safe enclave b
the refugees we have to help them syria is like a sister to jordan i'm king abdullah and president assad we're friends now our king is in a very difficult situation it goes on there has a direct impact on what happened here relations between a man in damascus are already strained a number of defected soldiers and senior officers are being sheltered in the kingdom the most high profile refugee was the prime minister riyad hitch up who fled to turkey through jordan earlier this month and then...
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the opposition seems the united about post-assad iraq. >> after assad false, i think a democratic unpatriotic government will be formed. they will take power on an interim basis and draw up a new constitution. >> once assad has left, national of reconciliation is what counts. since he has been stirring up syrians against each other. >> for now, assad does not look like he's leaving any time soon. his military opponents are few and we can is military opponents are divided. -- political opponents are divided. >> the berlin international literature festival is getting underway. authors from around the plant have been coming to the event. >> but there is a political current flowing through this week's events. a chinese writer opened the event on the note of freedom -- he discussed free speech. this -- there are art events with works by chinese dissidents, but one of the highlights is when a double prizewinning author presents a collection of her new problems. we're happy to be joined now by the young author from zimbabwe who is presenting some of his works at the festival. welcome. how bad are th
the opposition seems the united about post-assad iraq. >> after assad false, i think a democratic unpatriotic government will be formed. they will take power on an interim basis and draw up a new constitution. >> once assad has left, national of reconciliation is what counts. since he has been stirring up syrians against each other. >> for now, assad does not look like he's leaving any time soon. his military opponents are few and we can is military opponents are divided. --...
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appearance in months stressing his confidence in victory over insurgents however bashar al assad admitted it would take some time for the country to scramble out of the crisis but he lashed out at turkey saying it bears direct responsibility for the bloodshed in syria some of the latest fighting has taken place at the airport in the province where the rebels are reportedly destroyed ten government fighter jets a similar attack on another local airport was repelled down the military hardware saved sister agnes mariam who actually spent over a decade in syria and came to the aid of the suffering when the conflict erupted says armed gangs started causing chaos a long time ago. power of thought it is a religious it's not political it's not even civilian in the january i ask to go to do or position part where to get it were already implemented ok and so i could have an idea as an eyewitness and in the beginning we did not even know who were source people and we said said those people there were. identified the gangs you know we said we don't know who they are but they are spreading. these or t
appearance in months stressing his confidence in victory over insurgents however bashar al assad admitted it would take some time for the country to scramble out of the crisis but he lashed out at turkey saying it bears direct responsibility for the bloodshed in syria some of the latest fighting has taken place at the airport in the province where the rebels are reportedly destroyed ten government fighter jets a similar attack on another local airport was repelled down the military hardware...
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rebel try to oust assad claiming they shot down the helicopter. media confirms the crash. no details of how many people were on board. >> 4 u.s. soldiers member militia a group spent nearly 9 90,000 dollars on assault weapons and bomb component for series of attack that reportedly included a plot to assassinate president obama. that is according to prosecutors in georgia. prosecutors say the group planned to take over georgia ft. stewart bomb a fountain in savannah and poison the apple crop in washington state and bomb a dam. the investigation into the couple say they were killed after learning of the group's plans. >>> local officials are your your honoring people not to be alarmed by helicopter flying low over the bay area this week. here's what is going on if you see it. we captured video of twin engine helicopter patrolling the skies over the east bay. helicopter is measuring radiation levels. now this information that is being collected will be used by the homeland security department as baseline to help pinpoint a future dirty bomb or terror attack if that should eve
rebel try to oust assad claiming they shot down the helicopter. media confirms the crash. no details of how many people were on board. >> 4 u.s. soldiers member militia a group spent nearly 9 90,000 dollars on assault weapons and bomb component for series of attack that reportedly included a plot to assassinate president obama. that is according to prosecutors in georgia. prosecutors say the group planned to take over georgia ft. stewart bomb a fountain in savannah and poison the apple...
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assad has done that himself. he came in from out of the cold and found a seat at the diplomatic table. so, what might happen, unfortunately, is assad and the government may control certain areas of the country, rebel groups, backed by different outside factions, outside countries, controlling other parts of the country, and what i said earlier about the lebanonizeation of syria. there are plans, organizations that are trying to plan for a post-assad syria should it
assad has done that himself. he came in from out of the cold and found a seat at the diplomatic table. so, what might happen, unfortunately, is assad and the government may control certain areas of the country, rebel groups, backed by different outside factions, outside countries, controlling other parts of the country, and what i said earlier about the lebanonizeation of syria. there are plans, organizations that are trying to plan for a post-assad syria should it
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the nonaligned movement in tehran speech by the egyptian leader mohamed morsi who called president assad's regime oppressive syria's foreign minister said the comments amounted to ultimately inciting further violence in the country in the program. he believes these statements were unbalanced. he didn't criticize the rebels at all i mean the rebels would be responsible for much of the violence in syria the government fair enough to but you know there were bombs going off which we get you know people clearly didn't he didn't make any mention of that so i can understand the syrians feeling very green but what he said you got to bear in mind the fact that egypt received about one point five six billion u.s. dollars in aid and on top of that back in august they received two billion dollars who could chart and of course the u.s. and the target two of the leading hawks on syria so when you're receiving that much money from us in cotai it's hardly surprising you go to a summit and criticize syria and a lot of it's not a big surprise really so the new leader the new egyptian leader mohammed morsi o
the nonaligned movement in tehran speech by the egyptian leader mohamed morsi who called president assad's regime oppressive syria's foreign minister said the comments amounted to ultimately inciting further violence in the country in the program. he believes these statements were unbalanced. he didn't criticize the rebels at all i mean the rebels would be responsible for much of the violence in syria the government fair enough to but you know there were bombs going off which we get you know...
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address the security council their representatives calling once again for syrian president bashar al assad to step down britain and france the foreign ministers of those countries today made a new call encouraging for more defections within the syrian government and the syrian military the russian ambassador to the united nations vitaly churkin i did address the security council and raised the issue of the fact that the unilateral sanctions that western countries including the us britain and france those sanctions that they've placed on syria are only hurting the syrians so that the examples of this jewel the sanctions imposed by the u.n. security council have nothing in common with the actual efforts to assist a settlement of the syrian crisis because the lives of simple citizens and denied them the opportunity to meet their own mentor needs and fully enjoy be sick human rights this is not only our conclusion but it is also of an independent commission and serious we call upon nations who are against. syria to immediately lift them we viewed the efforts of some individual states to use ps
address the security council their representatives calling once again for syrian president bashar al assad to step down britain and france the foreign ministers of those countries today made a new call encouraging for more defections within the syrian government and the syrian military the russian ambassador to the united nations vitaly churkin i did address the security council and raised the issue of the fact that the unilateral sanctions that western countries including the us britain and...
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vote while barack obama calls on president assad to leave right now. more than two hundred thousand people braved russia's interests subzero temperatures to ensure their views on national politics are heard. we've seen people out on the streets demanding free elections in support of the code russian government join me for more than a few moments. europeans demand a free internet as people flood the streets and protest against an anti-piracy act being signed cross the continent. eight pm in moscow i matras a good to have you with us here on our team our top story russia's foreign minister warns that meddling in internal conflicts marks the road to chaos in international relations the u.s. president has called on syria's leader to step down immediately while the security council members are meeting at the u.n. moscow says it still has strong objections to the redrafted resolution on syria and may use its veto if the text is put to a vote in its current form or tease marina portnoy has the latest from new york. this draft text resolution while it has been
vote while barack obama calls on president assad to leave right now. more than two hundred thousand people braved russia's interests subzero temperatures to ensure their views on national politics are heard. we've seen people out on the streets demanding free elections in support of the code russian government join me for more than a few moments. europeans demand a free internet as people flood the streets and protest against an anti-piracy act being signed cross the continent. eight pm in...
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assad can't overthrow opposition and the opposition can't overthrow assad. >> there will be a long war of attrition that will be regional consequences, or there's going to be some sort of other factor that becomes a game changer. but that is also not going to be able to prevent the inevitable scenario of a full-blown war in syria, even if assad were somehow taken out, stepped down tomorrow, that would still not avoid that scenario. i think the debate needs to be about how to mitigate the spillover effect because it is going to drag every single country down into it. >> we haven't talked about iraq. i mean, you've got the kurds up here. they are furious with maliki in baghdad. they are talking about federating with the kurds here. turkey's in on these negotiations. to me, it looks like we're almost, you know, rewriting the ottoman borders and that we're going back and trying to fix the breakup of the ottoman empire. >> that's still playing out. >> imperialism, whatever you want to call it, it's still falling apart, and this is going to play out and it could go very bad tomorrow or it co
assad can't overthrow opposition and the opposition can't overthrow assad. >> there will be a long war of attrition that will be regional consequences, or there's going to be some sort of other factor that becomes a game changer. but that is also not going to be able to prevent the inevitable scenario of a full-blown war in syria, even if assad were somehow taken out, stepped down tomorrow, that would still not avoid that scenario. i think the debate needs to be about how to mitigate the...
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assad can't overthrow opposition and the opposition can't overthrow assad. >> there will be a long war of attrition that will be regional consequences, or there's going to be some sort of other factor that becomes a game changer. but that is also not going to be able to prevent the inevitable scenario of a full-blown war in syria, even if assad were somehow taken out, stepped down tomorrow, that would still not avoid that scenario. i think the debate needs to be about how to mitigate the spillover effect because it is going to drag every single country down into it. >> we haven't talked about iraq. i mean, you've got the kurds up here. they are furious with maliki in baghdad. they are talking about federating with the kurds here. turkey's in on these negotiations. to me, it looks like we're almost, you know, rewriting the ottoman borders and that we're going back and trying to fix the breakup of the ottoman empire. >> that's still playing out. >> imperialism, whatever you want to call it, it's still falling apart, and this is going to play out and it could go very bad tomorrow or it co
assad can't overthrow opposition and the opposition can't overthrow assad. >> there will be a long war of attrition that will be regional consequences, or there's going to be some sort of other factor that becomes a game changer. but that is also not going to be able to prevent the inevitable scenario of a full-blown war in syria, even if assad were somehow taken out, stepped down tomorrow, that would still not avoid that scenario. i think the debate needs to be about how to mitigate the...
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and the rebel opposition in syria will be wiped out sooner or later this according to president assad in a recent t.v. interview. as they continue to. international news live from moscow city center this is our with me rory sushi welcome to the program the german chancellor is the latest e.u. leaders have beat a path to china with a huge delegation of business leaders alongside offers a good chance struggling european economy to basically attract the investment that it needs to avoid financial catastrophe and has become rather a frequent guest in china i mean to nurture a friendship with the economic superpower. now reports. no stranger to china this is her sixth trip to the country since she came to power in two thousand and five and there's going to be some big business to be talked about during this current trip it's not just politicians that they visit a group of around twenty in the delegation including people like siemens and volkswagen who are all there to show that the eurozone still is stable market to invest in but china has its own vested interest in seeing the eurozone sti
and the rebel opposition in syria will be wiped out sooner or later this according to president assad in a recent t.v. interview. as they continue to. international news live from moscow city center this is our with me rory sushi welcome to the program the german chancellor is the latest e.u. leaders have beat a path to china with a huge delegation of business leaders alongside offers a good chance struggling european economy to basically attract the investment that it needs to avoid financial...
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and the rebel officers from in syria will be wiped out sooner or later this according to president assad in a recent t.v. interview however the insurgents seem no weaker as they continue to battle the army . pleasure to have you with us here on r.t. today i'm a life in moscow the german chancellor is the latest a youth leader to beat a path to china with the shoes delegation of business leaders alongside beijing offers as good a chance as any for the struggling european economy to attract the investment it needs to avoid financial catastrophe and has become rather a frequent guest in china aiming to nurture a friendship with the economic superpower. reports. i'm no stranger to china this is her sixth trip to the country since she came to power in two thousand and five and there's going to be some big business to be talked about during this current trip it's not just politicians today on this visit a group of around twenty in the delegation including people like siemens and volkswagen who are all there to show that the euro zone still is a stable market to invest in but china has its own
and the rebel officers from in syria will be wiped out sooner or later this according to president assad in a recent t.v. interview however the insurgents seem no weaker as they continue to battle the army . pleasure to have you with us here on r.t. today i'm a life in moscow the german chancellor is the latest a youth leader to beat a path to china with the shoes delegation of business leaders alongside beijing offers as good a chance as any for the struggling european economy to attract the...
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world would not be a better place with assad gone because he and his father contributed to a lot of american deaths and terrorist acts around the world. but you know, who knows. i asked an expert on the region not long ago and he said he's going to be in there longer than we think and less than he thinks. >> i saw your hand up. >> sir, you mentioned earlier -- >> are you going to ask an easier question? >> i promise. >> no computers. >> but you said defense spending used to be 10% of our gdp. today it's a mere 4.4%. >> something like, 4.67. >> with the looming budget deficit of i think it's 15 point something trillion now, you know, eventually going to hit crisis mode if it's not dealt with in a few years. how tough a sell is going to be that we need to maintain defense spending or we ought to even increase it. >> they have already cut some $400 billion over the decade. they announced a second 500 billion so you're pushing a trillion. and you could not balance the budget. it isn't where the problem is. the problem is entitlements. if we've gone from 10% of gdp 4 plus percent going for defens
world would not be a better place with assad gone because he and his father contributed to a lot of american deaths and terrorist acts around the world. but you know, who knows. i asked an expert on the region not long ago and he said he's going to be in there longer than we think and less than he thinks. >> i saw your hand up. >> sir, you mentioned earlier -- >> are you going to ask an easier question? >> i promise. >> no computers. >> but you said defense...
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media just a little while ago saying that their countries are already preparing and planning for a post assad era and they have also said raised a new call encouraging for the defections of syrian officers and soldiers what they're doing to encourage those defections is not clear and the rhetoric from the west has been west escalating over the past weeks we did recently hear france call on the syrian opposition to form a provisional government now this came after france just a week ago called on the consideration of a partial no fly zone to be implemented over syria's airspace meanwhile the u.s. president barack obama said that the u.s. would intervene if the syrian government were to use chemical or biological weapons on syrian civilians and britain echoed america's sentiments we also see the west is planning they say for a post assad era but meanwhile this violence is still escalating and the security council has not reached any kind of consensus so you're dealing still with a deadlock among the international community but they're also at least trying to handle the humanitarian situation in
media just a little while ago saying that their countries are already preparing and planning for a post assad era and they have also said raised a new call encouraging for the defections of syrian officers and soldiers what they're doing to encourage those defections is not clear and the rhetoric from the west has been west escalating over the past weeks we did recently hear france call on the syrian opposition to form a provisional government now this came after france just a week ago called...
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an attack on a program news channel in syria kills this after president assad declares on national t.v. that the country is in a state of war. a us senate committee passes a bill banning russian officials it believes to be implicated in human rights violations the route was sparked by the death of a lawyer while in russian custody three years ago. also. london two thousand and twelve is actually starting to look more like a security event. not a sporting event the games organizers are under fire for flaunting a battleships and rockets well it seems the olympic park is still easily open to attack. it is a pleasure to have you with us here today this is our city with me rory suchet live in moscow one of syria's pro-government news stations has come under attack leaving up to seven employees dead that's after president bashar al assad addressed his cabinet on national t.v. saying the country was in a state of war the government raided the headquarters of the privately owned t.v. channel twenty kilometers outside damascus in the early morning syria's information minister says the terrorist
an attack on a program news channel in syria kills this after president assad declares on national t.v. that the country is in a state of war. a us senate committee passes a bill banning russian officials it believes to be implicated in human rights violations the route was sparked by the death of a lawyer while in russian custody three years ago. also. london two thousand and twelve is actually starting to look more like a security event. not a sporting event the games organizers are under...
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as long as assad remains in power there won't be peace in syria lebanon or iraq or powerless done through be no peace while he is in force and neighboring general must send an alawite fighter shows me the destroyed remains of his home when asked to explain the recent fighting with his sunni neighbors this was his response not the dollars just we are defending ourselves against machines of terror and mercenaries who are being brought in from abroad. even the push to defend islam is most unifying figure the prophet muhammad wasn't enough to bridge lebanon's sick tarion divide in beirut separate protests against an anti islam video has turned tens of thousands of shias to the streets days later a hardline sunni cleric who gathered his own supporters in the capital they may have been united in their outrage but protesters carried flags that left no doubt which side of the syrian divide they're on for now lebanon is holding together but some residents here wonder whether this is just the calm before the storm season is if you guys are going to go. they're going to have their start they can sta
as long as assad remains in power there won't be peace in syria lebanon or iraq or powerless done through be no peace while he is in force and neighboring general must send an alawite fighter shows me the destroyed remains of his home when asked to explain the recent fighting with his sunni neighbors this was his response not the dollars just we are defending ourselves against machines of terror and mercenaries who are being brought in from abroad. even the push to defend islam is most unifying...
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also weighing in on the syria situation is wiki leaks with joy assad promising to publish millions of e-mails showing just how comfortable the west used to be with assad and why the media is so intent on vilifying him in his first interview since he was granted asylum but ecuador he criticized washington's for ausmin top wiki leaks he said speaking the truth wasn't harmful unlike america's actions in iraq and afghanistan some of which his website help excess helped to expose a silent also talked about a transnational surveillance and pirate that he says is quickly taking shape across the developed world lower side it internet giants such as google as being complicit in a mammoth spying operation by the united states paul with friends from the u.k. independence party says the issues wiki leaks brings up are extremely relevant. we here in britain suffer even more from this surveillance society in the united states london is the world capital of surveillance everywhere you look there's a c.c.t.v. camera we are constantly monitored monitored twenty four hours a day. now we we in the u.k.
also weighing in on the syria situation is wiki leaks with joy assad promising to publish millions of e-mails showing just how comfortable the west used to be with assad and why the media is so intent on vilifying him in his first interview since he was granted asylum but ecuador he criticized washington's for ausmin top wiki leaks he said speaking the truth wasn't harmful unlike america's actions in iraq and afghanistan some of which his website help excess helped to expose a silent also...
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regime they are all fighting the assad regime all they know and if you have any power months themselves though they are fighting together and what we see is coordination in specific regions and specific battles that is taking place and therefore i think this needs to be turned into an agreement among these groups because they working for the same purpose they need to strengthen these this coordination and establish rules among themselves a code of conduct that will lead to them really working together the moment the regime falls we are all afraid of chaos guaranteeing against chaos is by linking those groups together and that needs to be done by a political authority and do you think we have but those could be provided by the french president francois hollande he said that if the syrian opposition formed a government he would recognize it you really do feel that is possible. i don't think that france is claiming to be able to help establish that government is only saying if the opposition establishes such a provisional government france is willing to recognize it now recognition will of
regime they are all fighting the assad regime all they know and if you have any power months themselves though they are fighting together and what we see is coordination in specific regions and specific battles that is taking place and therefore i think this needs to be turned into an agreement among these groups because they working for the same purpose they need to strengthen these this coordination and establish rules among themselves a code of conduct that will lead to them really working...
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those are the word the united states chose today to describe bashar al assad's all-out military assault on syria's freedom movement. >> and brian williams' n"nbc nightly news" takes out a middle ground using folksy introductions to sets up political stories. >> tonight people are on the move, and mall parking lots are full as the distress of every day life and week running up to christmas. the nation's elected representatives are fighting, and are again deadlocked between parties and within parties. >> so what do these choices tell us about how the networks cover the news? joining us now in new york, paul freedman who wrote the article for the columbia journalism review. professional in residence at quinnipiac school of communications and former vice president at cbs news as well as a veteran of abc and nbc news. and andrew tindel, founder of the tindell report that monitors the three evening network newscasts. paul freedman, what is diane sawyer trying to do with her insurgent newscast? i? think all three newscasts -- >> i think all three evening newscasts are trying to differentiate t
those are the word the united states chose today to describe bashar al assad's all-out military assault on syria's freedom movement. >> and brian williams' n"nbc nightly news" takes out a middle ground using folksy introductions to sets up political stories. >> tonight people are on the move, and mall parking lots are full as the distress of every day life and week running up to christmas. the nation's elected representatives are fighting, and are again deadlocked between...
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leader mohamed morsi who called president assad's regime oppressive. and divided u.n. security council tries again to break the syrian deadlock he was also invited to the ministerial meeting that's pushing for a buffer zone something russia and china strongly object to. chancellor merkel is in china to drum up business and convince them that the euro is on the road to recovery but beijing says weaker euro zone states need to impose further. reforms. speak who lived in syria for decades and witnessed what the people went through when the first. what is being called today a current war this is art. well today we're joined by sister agnes mariam of the cross she's founded a christian community and i'm on a street in damascus she's been living there and working there for the last twelve years thank you very much a sister for joining us today my first question is you've been there for twelve years working in damascus in syria around different areas has there been a difference in your work throughout those years and in the recent months that we've seen uprisings and violence
leader mohamed morsi who called president assad's regime oppressive. and divided u.n. security council tries again to break the syrian deadlock he was also invited to the ministerial meeting that's pushing for a buffer zone something russia and china strongly object to. chancellor merkel is in china to drum up business and convince them that the euro is on the road to recovery but beijing says weaker euro zone states need to impose further. reforms. speak who lived in syria for decades and...
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but the men that are loading it aren't assad forces they're one of the many groups fighting under the banner of the free syrian army and their captive is said to be a member of the should be a militia with very close ties to the outside government the video filmed by the new york times and turn into an on air segment by the b.b.c. captured what human rights groups called evidence of an attempted murder a potential war crime under international law review of rebels from the free syrian army trying to use a prisoner as an unwitting suicide bomber in there are times when government forces the cameras didn't follow the prisoner who had no idea that while being blindfolded he was actually embarking on a suicide mission he simply thought that he was being given his freedom the very next morning he was said to have a scaped after the bombs failed to detonate and the b.b.c. had aired the story on august twenty second but this glimpse into the darker side of some of the tactics now being used in the uprising never aired again the story was also pulled from the b.b.c. website the network told m
but the men that are loading it aren't assad forces they're one of the many groups fighting under the banner of the free syrian army and their captive is said to be a member of the should be a militia with very close ties to the outside government the video filmed by the new york times and turn into an on air segment by the b.b.c. captured what human rights groups called evidence of an attempted murder a potential war crime under international law review of rebels from the free syrian army...
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foreign minister warns of chaos and international relations while president obama calls on president assad to step down immediately. more than two hundred thousand people braved the bitter cold across russia to ensure their views on national politics are heard one group demanding fair elections march through the streets others rallied in support of the current leadership. europeans demand a free internet as people flood the streets in protest against an anti-piracy ad being signed across the continent activists want to prevent the new laws being ratified in the european parliament. there are plenty of hobbies to occupy your free time in russia but which one is right for you moscow out program coming up to help you choose stay with us. everybody. hello and welcome to the show on this week's program we're exploring the popular subject of hobbies in the russian capital from boardgame so extreme sports the cold weather doesn't put anybody off here but. that's because i'm here. where this group. also known as well wolf assassin a witch hunt mathy is a party game that was created in the u.s.s.r.
foreign minister warns of chaos and international relations while president obama calls on president assad to step down immediately. more than two hundred thousand people braved the bitter cold across russia to ensure their views on national politics are heard one group demanding fair elections march through the streets others rallied in support of the current leadership. europeans demand a free internet as people flood the streets in protest against an anti-piracy ad being signed across the...
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just the security council there about her senate calling once again for syrian president bashar al assad to step down britain and france the foreign ministers of those countries today made a new call encouraging for more defections within the syrian government and this. syrian military so you have a situation where the security council is still divided the russian ambassador to united nations vitaly churkin i did address the security council and raised the issue of the fact that the unilateral sanctions that western countries including the us britain and france those sanctions that they've placed on syria are only hurting the syrians and could be exacerbating that the humanitarian circumstance within the country let's hear a little bit more of what the russian envoy had to say. to those of us there's the u.n. security council you have nothing in common and you actually have. a sister in settlement of the syrian crisis to simply complicate the life of simple citizens and deny them the opportunity to meet their elementary needs and fully enjoy basic human rights this is not only our conclu
just the security council there about her senate calling once again for syrian president bashar al assad to step down britain and france the foreign ministers of those countries today made a new call encouraging for more defections within the syrian government and this. syrian military so you have a situation where the security council is still divided the russian ambassador to united nations vitaly churkin i did address the security council and raised the issue of the fact that the unilateral...
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thrown from a sunni area they hate assad and they hate us. but while he's blaming his opponents in lebanon for the destroyed house he's blaming the unrest in syria for destroying his peaceful life by. spreading to his community let me tell you this is all from syria refugees they come here radicals in santa fe states support them and this is how violence increases while we are supposed to be one family here. lebanon has been blighted by recent trouble it witnessed an almost fifteen year loan civil war two and troops were stationed here for three decades and only left in two thousand and five meaning they've never had too many sympathizers in lebanon but more recently the country had managed to keep religious and political tensions and by now the syrian crisis seems to put that fragile calm at trieste. tripoli lebanon. to get a latest update on any of our stories and much more about logging onto our website r.t. dot com here's what's waiting for you there right now. watch footage of a huge early morning fire in the heart of russian capital in
thrown from a sunni area they hate assad and they hate us. but while he's blaming his opponents in lebanon for the destroyed house he's blaming the unrest in syria for destroying his peaceful life by. spreading to his community let me tell you this is all from syria refugees they come here radicals in santa fe states support them and this is how violence increases while we are supposed to be one family here. lebanon has been blighted by recent trouble it witnessed an almost fifteen year loan...
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attack on a border post sons the lebanese army out for adventure with violence between pro and anti assad factions spilling across the middle east. and the hundreds of millions of pounds spent by the british government on foreign countries that fairly need aid are pushing further cuts and to plan if it counts at home. thank you for joining r t this monday at six o'clock here in the russian capital on charon tara well the growing anti-american chorus in the muslim world sees more salt being rammed into wounded relations between the united states and egypt it's a concern that critics say is highlighted by the fact that no meeting is expected between the leaders during president morsi is visit to the u.s. for the u.n. general assembly artie's paula slayer has more on whether egypt's new leader will be able to show more independence from washington than his predecessor. mohamed morsi came to power on promises to make could the capital of palestine and open up egypt's corridor with gaza his presidency promised his supporters a chance to reclaim egypt some pride especially on the international
attack on a border post sons the lebanese army out for adventure with violence between pro and anti assad factions spilling across the middle east. and the hundreds of millions of pounds spent by the british government on foreign countries that fairly need aid are pushing further cuts and to plan if it counts at home. thank you for joining r t this monday at six o'clock here in the russian capital on charon tara well the growing anti-american chorus in the muslim world sees more salt being...
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we should not have called assad a reformer. and -- >> what is your criteria -- >> we should not have waited for russia to give us the green light at the u.n. to do something about it. they're still arming the man. iran is flying flights over iraq -- >> and the opposition is being armed. >> to help bashar assad -- and, by the way, if we had the status of forces agreement that the vice president said he would bet his vice president on in iraq, we probably would have been able to prevent that. he failed to achieve that, as well. >> i don't -- >> what is your criteria for interventi intervention? >> in syria? >> worldwide. >> national security of the american people. it's got to be in the national interest of our country. >> no humanitarian? >> each situation will come up with its own set of circumstances, but putting american troops on the ground, that's got to be within the national security interest of the american people. >> i want to -- we're almost out of time here. >> 'em bar goeps and sanctions and overflights, those are th
we should not have called assad a reformer. and -- >> what is your criteria -- >> we should not have waited for russia to give us the green light at the u.n. to do something about it. they're still arming the man. iran is flying flights over iraq -- >> and the opposition is being armed. >> to help bashar assad -- and, by the way, if we had the status of forces agreement that the vice president said he would bet his vice president on in iraq, we probably would have been...
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should be any military action but for sure there are some voices calling for stronger actions against assad in the syrian regime but the priority for now they do even said that the priority is to defuse the tension first and foremost. turkey's warn that any syrian military unit approaching its border will be regarded as a threat and targeted are correct claims its jet that was downed by syria was on armed and on a training mission but the head of the independent media syria tribune thinks on her it could have been spying on damascus it happened one day and only after the image of the fictional on syrian pilots could be. sustained and it was locked and this time it was actually. shut it down with a maximum bring it on goes on what was the i'm doing fine if you want there is no way from from our. land our throats or your water i don't think the need to or to have any. specific mission for putting any more pressure on syria it's something else that the jet was doing there perhaps the recording or trying to spy on the syrian army's movement in that area because it. will be this close to the syr
should be any military action but for sure there are some voices calling for stronger actions against assad in the syrian regime but the priority for now they do even said that the priority is to defuse the tension first and foremost. turkey's warn that any syrian military unit approaching its border will be regarded as a threat and targeted are correct claims its jet that was downed by syria was on armed and on a training mission but the head of the independent media syria tribune thinks on...
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rebel attack on a border posts and the lebanese army out for revenge while it's between pro and anti assad functions spilling across the middle east it's. also the hundreds of millions of pounds spent by the british government of foreign countries that barely need aid while pushing further costs and benefit caps at home. in the storm at sea as china unveils drone surveillance plants bore islands it disputes with japan but fears that the asian giants could be surging towards a regional war. hello and welcome to our team where we have the latest news for you from around the globe on screen and online i'm karen tara while the growing anti-american chorus in the muslim world sees more salt to being rubbed into wounded relations between the united states and egypt it's a concern that critics say is highlighted by the fact that no meeting is expected between the leaders during president morsi is a visit to the u.s. for the u.n. general assembly policy or has more on whether egypt's new leader will be able to show more independence from washington than his predecessor. mohamed morsi came to power
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you see president assad there with the defenseman. this is coming after four straight days of fighting between government troops and rebels. a major development in the civil war there. we'll talk to christiane amanpour about that. >> we will get to that. but also, big news about a brand-new diet drug. richard besser will be along with what this means for millions of americans affected by obesity. >>> some big news also. look at this stunning moment caught on tape. two robbers going to hold up an internet cafe and what a surprise they got, a 71-year-old man steps in, pulls out his own gun, there he is, right there, takes them on, saves the whole cafe. we'll have all of that in just a little bit. >> he wasn't going to take it anymore. >>> but first the beginning of the end of the fourth heat wave of the season for some parts of the country. a break in those scorching temperatures on the way thanks to a string of severe storms rolling in. and sam is tracking it all for our extreme weather team. good morning, sam. >> good morning, robin.
you see president assad there with the defenseman. this is coming after four straight days of fighting between government troops and rebels. a major development in the civil war there. we'll talk to christiane amanpour about that. >> we will get to that. but also, big news about a brand-new diet drug. richard besser will be along with what this means for millions of americans affected by obesity. >>> some big news also. look at this stunning moment caught on tape. two robbers...
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and by the regime of the once it is allies falls to the insurgency while looking for new ways to see assad out. the pussy riot re await the verdict for staging and i want to put in stanton russia's main cathedral with that case attracting that tension of some of the world's biggest music stars. also criminal probes are launched into muslim sects in central russia that kept around thirty an underground bunker for almost ten years. and a major offensive is under way in egypt's volatile sinai region to restore security after buddha violence which left sixteen egyptian soldiers dead last week. hello and welcome to r.t. twenty four hour news life for a moscow i mean you know shapovalov up with the latest news and the week's top stories series on drug suffered a setback this week when government forces pushed them out of a kid district in the commercial capital aleppo was the battle for that city intensifying foreign powers led by the u.s. piling more pressure on damascus bypassing the you are in washington and you had set up a joint group to facilitate regime change and find a replacement for a
and by the regime of the once it is allies falls to the insurgency while looking for new ways to see assad out. the pussy riot re await the verdict for staging and i want to put in stanton russia's main cathedral with that case attracting that tension of some of the world's biggest music stars. also criminal probes are launched into muslim sects in central russia that kept around thirty an underground bunker for almost ten years. and a major offensive is under way in egypt's volatile sinai...